Asus Z170-AR

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z170-AR (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160624
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '17 at 04:16
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6600K-$81 342,244 User benchmarks, average bench 72% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 475 66% 486 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6258) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 44.3 38% 41.5 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 43.9 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 404 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (64) Unknown 100 100 471616 (65) Unknown 100 100 127520 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 139 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1379 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 141734969373 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 839 (EA) Unknown 100 100 501 (F1) Unknown 100 100 685 (F2) Unknown 100 100 810 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 3	64.5% Good	Read 474 Write 255 Mixed 264 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 9.61 77% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 21.6 60% 129 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 551GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 174895608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2132760 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 70 487915549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 85899345949 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	84.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 135 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.18 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 98%
623 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 16GB free, PID 5500 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 122 Write 38.2 Mixed 39.9 69% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.55 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.88 97% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD BLS8G4D240FSE.16FBD 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24.3 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 80%

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Gaming 69%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-AR

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	643x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	426x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	218x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	126x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	124x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	89x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	88x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	43x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	80x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	68x
BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD 2x8GBCrucialBench 79%, 22,335 samples	40x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $455

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16